What is The All-Time Best Episode of The Simpsons?

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The Simpsons has been on television since 1989. At the time of writing there have been over 600 episodes. But what Episode can lay claim to being the best?
Essentially there really is no right answer but it's generally accepted that the best episodes are in the Golden Era of the Simpsons, i.e. between 1991's Stark Raving Dad and 97's The Principal and the Pauper. All the supposed greatest episodes are between these two landmarks; that said many claim that Season 11's Behind the Laughter and Season 19's Eternal Moonshire of the Simpson Mind are also worth your time.
What of the golden era best represents the classic Simpsons template. Which episode best captures its cutting satire, timeless pop cultural references and profound visual gags, or its quotability, impressive cast of characters and familial warmth? How do you quantify such a subjective thing as “best” especially with Simpson episodes? What makes one episode objectively better than another?
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@WillingaleT 5 лет назад

My favourite episode is 'And Maggie makes three' because while most great episodes succeed in being hilarious, that episode is both funny and sentimental. The ending scene when Homer covers up the sign where he works that says 'don't forget, you're here forever' with pictures of Maggie- which alters it to say 'do it for her' makes me emotional every single time.

@alexoh4699 5 лет назад

'Do it for her' So profound! I agree

@johnr2630 5 лет назад

People don’t even understand that. That’s exactly what makes the simpsons probably the greatest show of all time (in the early years). Was that not only was it unbelievably funny, and genius, but then the next second could have you tearing up. It’s such a shame what it has become nowadays. It’s absolutely unwatchable to anyone that remembers and grew with the golden years. I actually teared up on a much later episode though on the episode where homer loses his mother I think it’s called “Mona leaves-a”. When he finds her dead and they flash threw pictures of homer growing up with his mom. While Paul simons “mother and child reunion” plays. That’s such an incredible scene. Real emotional it’s crazy that a cartoon could play on emotions like that

@matthewkuechler8342 5 лет назад

My favorite too. One of the best TV episodes ever imo

@qfox16789 5 лет назад

Yeah it’s not only got the best ending but I think it’s among the three funniest episode along with Sideshow Bob Roberts and LETS

5 лет назад

Tessa Willingale that ending is really emotional for me. because in stuck in a job i hate. but i fucked up oportunitys to make something diffrent. But i have to do it for the people i love. i would do anything for them. fuck it if im unhappy 8-10hours a day when my family can eat and grow up healty. ( sry my english grammat is not good, im from europe )

@artwelve22 5 лет назад

I like the monorail one. “Do you want to change your name to Homer Junior? The kids can call you HoJu.”

@jzummak 4 года назад

North Haverbrook. Where have I heard that name before? Oh no. OH NO! There he is! Seat 3F!

@Htheorphanarian 4 года назад

monorail is brilliant, imaginative, absolutely bizarre, hilarious use of celebrity voice, so brimful of ideas that they could have put a thousand more jokes in the episode but they ran out of time, and works in any language (check out the spock cosmic ballet joke in different languages), and also had a great song. also love the Homer the great(the stonecutters) and cape feare episodes

@petespanchos 3 года назад

No! The world needs laughter.

@JTCurtisMusic 5 лет назад

Interesting Story: One of my favorite episodes is "Kamp Krusty" which I actually got to see before it was even aired. My dad used to do Radio spots for FOX in the early 90s so he got copies of a lot of the episodes still being finished (some episodes with just the dialog and animation without music or sound-effects). So I got to watch a bunch of episodes from the 4th season and watched Kamp Krusty like 10 times. While my dad was writing spots for the other episodes, just for fun, I wrote a spot for "Kamp Krusty". I showed it him, he actually liked it and showed it to his boss, who ended up using it with some tweaks. So at age 7, I wrote the radio spot for "Kamp Krusty"! I never got paid for it, but it's a lot of fun to think back to that moment in time. So many of those moments like them trashing the school or Barney as Krusty I remember writing down the time-codes for to write up the script, and they're still funny as hell.

@skateqtx 5 лет назад

What a fantastic story!

@alancotter4825 5 лет назад

That’s amazing!!

@Sheepy007 5 лет назад

JTCurtisMusic Funny how you wrote a spot for an episode that featured unpaid child labour. Ironic, isn‘t it?

@Cyril29a 4 года назад

Do you remember what you wrote? Care to share it here?

@JTCurtisMusic 4 года назад

@@Cyril29a I think it's on a CD somewhere, I'd have to dig it up.

@samtalbot-cross2621 5 лет назад

My favourite episode is 'Lisa's Substitute'. I very rarely see it mentioned as one of the greats yet it has all the hallmarks of golden era Simpsons despite being pre-season 3. It's funny yet emotional and looks at Homer's failures as a father yet he doesn't realise he's failed Lisa, but ultimately his love for Lisa shines through in the end.

@doodars9357 5 лет назад

Sam Talbot-Cross agreeeeeeed! It really illustrates the dynamic of the two and is just such a heart warming episode in general

@MrParkerman6 5 лет назад

Season 1 and 2 are part of the golden era.

@alansands256 5 лет назад

"You wouldn't believe the celebrity cameos. Michael Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, I mean, they didn't use their real names but you could tell it was them"

@jakehoward2493 4 года назад

Always been one of my absolute favourites that

@badgerscorner8529 4 года назад

I wouldn’t really call season one part of the ”Golden Era” a lot of the episodes are just ok in that season.

@TheDJMysterE 5 лет назад

Dental plan!, Lisa needs braces! Dental Plan, Lisa needs braces!

@deedonnerramone4757 5 лет назад

That's a good one. Ralph, why have you turned my office into a house of lies?

@mrmorrisjh 5 лет назад

My favorite episode

@shaneoblack1672 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot. Thats going to be in my head for a straight week.

@supermario4380 5 лет назад

absolutely the one scene that i will laugh at til the day i die.

@dullfuture9283 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot, Carl. Now I lost my train of thought!

@connorschutz4660 5 лет назад

The episode that's made me laugh the hardest has to be Cape Feare. The Rakes and the WItness Relocation Program are to of the best gags ever.

@Crupi-kf4ss 5 лет назад

"I think his talking to you"

@davidfjelstad2495 5 лет назад

"Die Bart"

@HomerSimpsonIsCool 5 лет назад

The Cigar in the cinema is hilarious and the HMS Pinafore presentation by Sideshow Bob is a good touch

@GskitzIndustries 5 лет назад

BARTDOYOUWANTSOMEBROWNIESBEFOREYOUGOTOBED

@christosioannou9628 5 лет назад

I love Kelsey Grammer but it’s so good too

@FuzzyPuppet 5 лет назад

“Do it for her” is my favorite

@MN_2003 4 года назад

Same

@timmylong833 3 года назад

It makes no sense to me, bc of the problem with Homer constantly forgetting he has a third child.

@ericbryden5600 3 года назад

That's almost definitely the best ending.

@obamaorb7426 3 года назад

I know it ain't gonna happen, but I want the series to end with all the kids having moved out and Homer going back to his bowling job

@gachalifeakiegaming3315 3 года назад

@@obamaorb7426 OML YESSSR

@charleslee8313 5 лет назад

My favorite -- the one that makes me laugh the hardest -- is "The PTA Disbands". That always makes me laugh. Skinner: "We both know these children have no future!" (cafeteria gasps) Skinner (nervously chuckling) "Prove me wrong, kids. Prove me wrong."

@JayBenjamin9214 5 лет назад

I agree - this one get very under-rated IMO

@facelessandnameless 5 лет назад

Charles Lee That quote 😂

@charleslee8313 5 лет назад

@@facelessandnameless That was during the show's "Golden Years" and it's super underrated. That quote was one of several that have me in tears. "In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

@phiavir5594 4 года назад

Admittedly a strong episodes, though I'm sure there's dozens of funny parts to it and that isn't one of them

@seth5143 4 года назад

That episode packs so many jokes into 20 minutes it boggles me.

@WolfZonez212 5 лет назад

You know the episode where Homer meets his mom and it ends with him sitting on the hood of his car, watching the stars? That.

@HeavyMetalBeliever 4 года назад

Mother Simpson is the one where Homer meets his mom. And it's one of the saddest episodes in the series.

@marshymooo9312 4 года назад

@@HeavyMetalBeliever nah more sadder is when she dies

@heidibarker9550 4 года назад

yes I love that scene so much, that I found a desktop background for it

@gazzaplayz1233 4 года назад

Auti it was the best

@keltonsmallwood4099 4 года назад

Somewhere in season 7

@gbdaeye 5 лет назад

Monorail episode because I still think of the line ‘batman is a scientist ‘ a lot

@christophermullaley1597 5 лет назад

2nd best though, Deep space Homer is number one.

@ChafradorGaming 4 года назад

I call the big one Bitey

@chunkz1187 4 года назад

"So we'll march day and night by the big cooling tower, they have the plant but we have the power"

@juicebox9465 3 года назад

Lisa has a gift for Quatrains.

@TheDJMysterE 3 года назад

Now do classical gas!

@razkable 3 года назад

they should of made that episode into the movie

@gnewt75 5 лет назад

"Here's some sugar. Sorry it's not in packets. Want some cream??" "Ehhhhrrrrr No!" LMAO

@VeryAmazingGrace 4 года назад

I don't think I ever understood that joke when I was younger I didn't expect it 😂

@alfa01spotivo 4 года назад

ok I dont really get it. Is it because the sugar was in his pockets? Is that it? Or is there more to the joke?

@RambaRal87 3 года назад

@@alfa01spotivo because if he doesn't have sugar in packets what makes you think he'll have the cream in them too? Homer doesn't want to find out.

@salvatoremaglione6398 3 года назад

@@alfa01spotivo Cum

@xavermeier8357 5 лет назад

Bart gets an F is my alltime favourite. Stark raving dad is one of the best episode where all family characters have good appearences and a there is smart use of a guest star.

@georgesblog7716 5 лет назад

careful men.... he wets his pants

@donniebooshae3880 4 года назад

I'm pretty sure that's Homer Simpson in the oven, rotating slowly. His body temperature has risen to over 400 degrees he's literally stewing in his own juices.

@SpaceAce1993 Год назад

Lmaoooo Homer badman

@kimrichardson3232 4 года назад

My favorite is "City of New York v Homer Simpson." Every scene makes me laugh.

@niahoad 4 года назад

It's my fathers favourite episode because he had similiar experience when he travelled new york in his youth

@boop53 4 года назад

Kim Richardson is that the one when homer runs up one of the twin towers of the world trade centre because he needs to go to the restroom? And then the toilet was on the other tower? That one is funny

@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 4 года назад

I don't know if it is my all-time favorite episode but the one where Lisa befriends Bleeding Gums Murphy inspired me to start playing the Tenor Saxophone almost 30 years ago now and it got me a college scholarship

@wilhelmvg9978 4 года назад

Stuart Otis amazing

@zenonella 5 лет назад

Mine is the one where homer meets his mother. We didn’t really know anything about his mom until this season so seeing it surprised me. I also really enjoy the gags like sunshine of your love playing when the mom sees the football player with the long hair. But what really makes it my favourite is the ending. When I see homer sit on the hood of his car looking up I start asking questions. Is he waiting for her to come back, is he sitting there because he can’t believe she left so soon

@jzummak 4 года назад

Can't reminisce. Sleeping.

@jeffha4057 5 лет назад

My favorite is Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 1. I remember watching it when it aired back in 1995 and really felt like I was watching something special.

@EM-et4jq 5 лет назад

I agree man. They could've added a part 3 and made it a movie!

@LegendFrehley616161 5 лет назад

My favourite is ‘Homer’s Enemy’.To me, it’s the best example of dark humour done right.

@LyleVSXyle 5 лет назад

1) Homer's Enemy 2) Marge VS The Monorail 3) 22 Shorts About Spingfield 4) Treehouse of Horror V 5) Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire

@aml-zq5mc 5 лет назад

LyleVSXyle Frank Grimes is a classic. My personal faves are also the Hank Scorpio ep and Cape Fear

@DaraGaming42 5 лет назад

That’s a fantastic list , Just add Itchy and scratchy land and homer goes to space to your list and you have a perfect top 8 episodes.

@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf 5 лет назад

Roasting on Open Fire is overrated imo. It suffers from the ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers syndrome’ where people overrate it due to its importance and the nostalgia attached where it’s the first in the series, rather than because its quality earns it a place in a top 5. That’s just how I feel in general though, not a personal attack to you btw. You’re entitled to like the ep :) I’d also say Cape Feare is definitely in my top 5 and stuff like Homer Goes To College are some of my favourites too.

@katherynemero4118 2 года назад

I'm glad someone said Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. That's one of the only one's that I really remember loving.

@thebusthatcouldntslowdown3612 4 года назад

Personal fave is Homer vs the 18th Amendment. " 42 bath tubs please" "You know, they're 50 for $3000 today" "I said 42!"

@sideshowtim89 4 года назад

Love it when Homer gets furious when being offered a great deal. Repairman: You know the problem here is water leakage, if you just buy a 50 cent washer. Homer: I have a better idea, GET THE HELL OUT! Repairman: Look, I've got some washers in my truck, I'll give you one. Homer: Marge, get my gun.

@samedz3966 5 лет назад

Funniest: Cape Feare Most Emotional: Lisa's Substitute Best: Last Exit to Springfield

@babycakessr.8704 4 года назад

jimmy bluebos you nailed it. To me last exit is definitely my favorite and I always thought Cape Feare was the funniest

@anitabonghit7606 4 года назад

For emotional I'd have to go with Bart gets an F because I legitimately cried during that one

@obamaorb7426 3 года назад

I'd give emotional to the 'do it for her episode' and my personal favourite it the last temptation of homer

@edwinreid8355 2 года назад

Lisa's Substitute gets me everytime. Hard to pick the funniest one though.

@iawnlad 5 лет назад

My favourite will always be Lisa’s first word. I mean, the “don't worry, he’ll tire himself out” gag is iconic. And I’m dumbfounded by your quality of videos. Amazing stuff man. Keep it up!!

@MrTwentington 5 лет назад

My family and I quote that episode all the time from “got your nose! Got your wallet!” Or “IAMSOGREATEVERYBODYLOVESMEIAMSOGREAT!” And “hellooo joeee!”

@FanBolt98 4 года назад

And how about Maggie’s first word? The chills

@kevinlara3031 9 месяцев назад

Grandma Flanders killed me the first time I saw her that's 1 of my favorite moments

@IronJohn755 5 лет назад

"You Only Move Twice" - Hank Scorpio episode

@jonnyvelocity 4 года назад

Classic

@ridensroom6957 5 лет назад

Homer Badman is my favourite. Every scene is damn funny and it just doesn't stop. So much is memorable in it.

@rjsouthworth5246 5 лет назад

Same here. And the satire feels even more relevant now than it did then. (“Your tears say more than real evidence ever could!”)

@thomaswheeler5216 5 лет назад

Homer Badman is easily my favourite. Highest rate of laughs per minute, great structure and a clear satire. So good. Second place for Behind the Laughter!

@shellsuitwarrior 5 лет назад

Yep. It's near perfect and as someone else has said - it's still incredibly relevant.

@konami1979 5 лет назад

"Two, four, six, eight! Homer's crime was very great! (pause) 'Great' meaning 'large' or 'immense,' we use it in the pejorative sense!"

@Noluckbuck123 5 лет назад

That bit with Dennis Franz had me rolling... “With a man in the White House? Not likely.”

@tiendang4440 5 лет назад

22 short films about Springfield was my favourite, not just because of the steamed ham scene that made it popular but it's the plot focusing on the lead or supporting characters in each scene. Best episode ever in years.

@TheHeadbanger93 5 лет назад

That episode introduced me to Pulp Fiction I love it

@DaraGaming42 5 лет назад

wampa_stompa it’d a great homage to that film

@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf 5 лет назад

Yeah the Steamed Ham meme has kinda overshadowed that episodes originality imo. But I loved it as a kid for the episode’s originality and overall premise and I liked a lot of the anthology or nonlinear or behind the scenes episodes like Behind the Laughter, 22 Short Films, Trilogy of Error, 138th episode spectacular, etc...so I’d already loved the episode and found so many moments memorable And then after watching Pulp Fiction as a teen and understanding the references and going back to the cheeseburger chat, Herman the military guy locking up the Van Houten’s, etc there was so much packed in there pop culture wise that made it enjoyable. Overall PF being one of my favourite movies adds to it as well. But yeah, great episode imo.

@fretpound 5 лет назад

Bart Sells His Soul!!!!! My favorite episode of all time!!!

@deanmcveigh7803 5 лет назад

fretpound remember al he’s back on pog form

@stinkline875 4 года назад

"Milhouse, there is no such thing as a soul. It's just something parents made up to scare children, like the boogeyman or Michael Jackson" '"Milhouse give him back his soul I got to go to work in the morning" Close the door you're letting the heat out...SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!!"

@fretpound 4 года назад

stinkline 87 How can anyone with glasses so thick be so dumb?!?

@jacksmall2221 4 года назад

"Way to breathe, no breath."

@samueljweston 5 лет назад

The one with Frank Grimes in, or Grimey as he liked to be known.

@stevenrowan9244 5 лет назад

Homer's Enemy

@MrParkerman6 5 лет назад

*called

@fusetunes 4 года назад

100% agree. homer's enemy is a masterpiece

@jonnyvelocity 4 года назад

It's probably my favorite too.

@reillymcwriting 4 года назад

petrikovler I don’t know why people don’t like it.

@Miakel 5 лет назад

The Springfield Files is ny favourite. Everything about 90s nostalgia. Guest stars Mulder and Scully. And Moe has a stolen whale from SeaWorld

@facelessandnameless 5 лет назад

Michael agreed!

@thebusthatcouldntslowdown3612 4 года назад

I'll never forget The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down

@purpledodecahedron7169 4 года назад

Yeah! Springfield Files! I have watched it, close to 50 times. " ...so i says, blue M&M, red M&M....." Also "$pringfield", with Burns' crazy ass casino...

@fauxbravo 4 года назад

Also, even though it's from a season that was Simpsons beginning its decline/stagnation, I love the gag in the Twin Towers episode that every parking officer's first name is Steve. "*generic voice* Steve *gruff recording* Grabowski." Gold.

@williampjr1233 5 лет назад

"Homer at the Bat" will always be my number one pick..... Don't know about others but it's just such a great episode to watch with a ton of gags in it and lots of character refs. Truly inspired.

@SpaceAce1993 Год назад

The legendary season 3

@pwareham61 Год назад

That's my favourite episode. And the song at the end is great too.

@RandomJot 4 года назад

Really surprised that Who Shot Mr. Burns Part One didn't even get a mention in here. That one always stood out to me because of the cliffhanger at the end

@jeremyadams1521 4 года назад

Last Exit To Springfield was always my favorite. Felt validated to learn I wasn’t the only one. My number 2 is the overlooked “The Boy Who Knew Too Much,” the one where Freddy Quimby goes on trial and Homer is on the jury

@navsingh9406 Год назад

It's Chowda!

@markmccue1767 5 лет назад

I feel like a hugely overlooked episode is I Love Lisa. It wildly memorable, incredibly creative (A song about forgettable one term presidents in the middle of a silly childhood love story? Who does that?) And it is sweet and pays off in a hugely satisfying way. It is a pure episode and a perfect showcase of what Simpsons at their highest aspirations can be.

@mprinceiii 5 лет назад

You Only Move Twice takes it for me every time. that episode is the perfect example of why i love the show

@xisumavoid 5 лет назад

Great videos mate! Keep going :-)

@0sac 5 лет назад

yo, I just came off of your latest factorio video to watch this, great timing lol

@poilko7231 2 года назад

Xisuma, you like simpsons huh?

@zackschilling4376 5 лет назад

"22 Short Films" is one of my favorites for sure.

@MrTwentington 5 лет назад

In my head monorail and last exit are the best ones- but even in saying this there’s so many that emotionally resonate with me. Usually Lisa and Homer episodes for my own relationship with my dad, episodes where Bart feels like a failure but proves otherwise reminds me of my brother and rewatching episodes I used to own on VHS feels magical and nostalgic even now as a 26 year old, who’s since lived out Lisa’s Wedding as an Englishman who married an American. But simpsons is always at its best when it gives you heart, satire and clever referential reverent humour. And the golden age is just chock full of that

@DerekPower 3 года назад

"Lisa's Substitute". And yes, it's because of the Bergstrom farewell. However, that scene also nicely sets up the next several scenes, particularly when Homer and Lisa have a heart-to-heart moment.

@WesCoastPiano 5 лет назад

Yep, Last Episode to Springfield is the greatest episode of any television show in history. Nothing has a better ratio of laughs in any media. It's absolutely perfect. A masterpiece.

@SpaceAce1993 Год назад

It really is perfect

@FretzlemaniaPod 5 лет назад

All time best...hard top ten 1- Lisa on Ice 2- Homer's Enemy 3- Homer Goes to College 4- Deep Space Homer 5- The City of New York vs Homer Simpson 6-7 Treehouse of Horror 4-5 8- Flaming Moes 9- The Otto Show 10- Lisa the Vegetarian It changes constantly but #'s 1-2 are always those ones. Nothing comes close to Lisa on Ice

@soturiks 4 года назад

My favorite episode is The PTA Dispands. I remember watching it when I was sick and couldn't go to school. It also has one of my favorite Homer quotes "Lisa! Get in here! In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

@toma6068 4 года назад

That one is certainly one of the most quotable episodes

@MPT1983 5 лет назад

Off the top of my head mine is Homer Badman aka Homer steals the Gummy Venus and ends up being accused of sexual harassment, so many memorable jokes and one liners.

@JisooTurtleRabbitt 5 лет назад

I always loved the Springfield files "I bring you loooove". " it's bringing love! Kill it!"

@leopaulino21 5 лет назад

Lol...I know this episode is so quotable. I love "The most rewarding part was when he gave me my money"

@JisooTurtleRabbitt 5 лет назад

Sukotsu haha and they had the iconic Lenoard Nimoy narrating the whole thing haha

@ImSoOld2007 5 лет назад

It’s not a monster it’s mr burns! Awwww it’s mr Burns....KILL IT! KILL IT!

@JSRMedia 4 года назад

Summer of 4'2 is my favorite. It's so memorable to me because the story is so heartfelt and cute, and of course it has some hilarious jokes in there.

@pwareham61 Год назад

I love that one too

@alessandroc29 5 лет назад

8:37 “Mayor Quimbly” WRONG. Boo this man!!

@steviep789 5 лет назад

Are you saying boo? Or boo-urns?

@suicidalpepsi 4 года назад

I know right! How you gonna make a video on the Simpsons, when you don't know the names.

@couttsy 4 года назад

I was saying boo-urns

@dammitpeterable 3 года назад

there’s wiggums in one of the videos, too. do you think he might do it for the comments?

@vietnamd0820 3 года назад

Hey! Are you using a Half Baked quote here? If so, I’ll have to say that’s the most quotable movie of all time

@rangoononline 5 лет назад

Great video. My personal favorite is Homer's Enemy cause I love Grimey :)

@WeldinMike27 5 лет назад

How is old grimey anyway?

@leopaulino21 5 лет назад

If I had to choose the all-time best episode. Well, I will go with "The Springfield Files" it literally has it all. That episode doesn't have a dull moment, its witty, absurd, funny, and with so many quotable lines. In fact, there's a quote in every scene!. No other episode can compete. It's a hilarious episode from start to finish. I am amazed it's always forgotten.

@roebuckmckinney 5 лет назад

"A Fish Called Selma" has everything I want in a Simpsons episode.

@maelnaught 4 года назад

Yup!

@ellebee42 3 года назад

Underrated choice, for sure. Selma's determination to not bring a kid into a loveless marriage over wanting love and living the Hollywood lifestyle really endeared her to me.

@Adam-vu6ho 5 лет назад

The Springfield files was my favourite 😂

@facelessandnameless 5 лет назад

Adam Same!

@sammitchell3657 5 лет назад

I bring you love lol

@geensloth911 4 года назад

It's bringing love! Don't let it get away!

@CrystalPepsiDog Год назад

I really love "Summer of 4 Ft. 2". I liked the idea of Lisa becoming the cool kid and I remember watching it during summer for the first time so it really added to episode's nostalgia.

@bradantcliff2940 4 года назад

I still love Homer at bat. When Homer is at the dinner table depressed about the major league players taking all the spots on the team, Bart calls Homer out reminding him that he would always say you to Bart that he can do anything if you put your mind to it and try hard. Homers tells him: "Now that your older I can tell you that's a CROCK, no matter how good you are at something there's always a MILLION people better than you" Bart responds: "Gotcha-can't win, don't try" I was only a kid when I heard that and it blew my mind that an adult (even a fictional animated character, or maybe ESPECIALLY an animated character) would say that to a child- it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard and remains up there to this day.

@magusvengence 5 лет назад

"I Love Lisa" is my favorite of all time, I scrolled pretty far down and didn't see it mentioned once, I guess I'm the odd man out.

@krispy395 2 года назад

So, do you like....stuff?

@Cartman1998 4 года назад

For me it is "Bart gets an F" cause that episode make me fell in love with the Simpsons back in 1990, the next day after watching it i spent $20 on a talking Bart doll.

@anitabonghit7606 4 года назад

I remember watching that and got so sad when he said I tried as hard as I could and still failed and he starts crying such a good episode

@thunder____ 3 года назад

"Lisa's Substitute" is my personal favorite, it just hits so hard and it's an important moment in the development of the character relationships, while still having some great funny moments (Mrs. Krabappel's delight at the class election results is fantastic). I'm also totally happy with the answer of "Marge vs. the Monorail", and I would also absolutely accept "Last Exit to Springfield" or "Cape Feare", and I have a particularly soft spot for "A Streetcar Named Marge" and "Homer's Barbershop Quartet".

@illinoisboy4 5 лет назад

“And Maggie Makes Three” or “Lisa’s First Word”

@SapLow 5 лет назад

love the editing in this video!

@androsp9105 4 года назад

5 minutes in and it's just been a repeated explanation of subjectivity.

@SosiskaTheHorrible 4 года назад

Gym? What's a gym? (walks into gym). Oh, a "gym". That joke went round my head for days and made chuckle every time

@the1disaster 5 лет назад

The episode I keep coming back to is Lisa on Ice. Not only is it one of the sweetest episodes I can recall, it's also got some of my favourite jokes in the whole series ("Kill Bart! Kill Bart!"--"Kill, Bart! Kill, Bart!")

@mana3735 5 лет назад

The one with the meteor hitting Earth and Flanders has built a bunker.

@joelmole3157 5 лет назад

Mana It’s called Bart’s Comet

@mana3735 5 лет назад

@@joelmole3157 Nice one, Joel!

@bottledwater134 5 лет назад

My Favourite Episode Is The Stonecutters Episode In Season 6

@markpriss 5 лет назад

Oh yes, that's a good one actually!

@bottledwater134 5 лет назад

@@markpriss Absolute Classic, 2nd Favourite Is You Only Move Twice With Hank Scorpio. Season 6 is my favourite season ever

@elbownio5820 5 лет назад

Who keeps the martians under wraps!?

@HomerSimpsonIsCool 5 лет назад

The Cool Guy Channel We Do

@PhilFromSchool 4 года назад

ssssshhhhhut uuuuppp

@NegativeSteve 3 года назад

Brother from the Same Planet. "You've been out gallivanting around with that floozy of a bigger brother of yours! Haven't you! Haven't you! Look at me!"

@ronachten2902 3 года назад

My personal favorite as well.

@Gmackematix Год назад

Guess who? Maris?

@nicksbits Год назад

Controversial but I like "when flanders failed" it was ahead of its time and shows Homer's hidden love and caring for his neighbor ned and it has a good story arc

@xxcrysad3000xx 5 лет назад

Last Exit to Springfield or Rosebud for me.

@WickedLiquid 5 лет назад

Oh and my top 10 are #10 The Mysterious Voyage of Homer #9 Mr. Plow #8 You Only Move Twice #7 Homer and Apu #6 Lisa the Vegetarian #5 Homer Goes to College #4 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1 and 2) #3 Marge VS The Monorail #2 Bart Sells His Soul #1 Last Exit to Springfield

@babycakessr.8704 4 года назад

WickedLiquid solid list, I would have to put Cape Feare in there somewhere though

@WickedLiquid 4 года назад

Brandon Belk ive always loved the sideshow bob episodes from the first 8 season with Cape Fear being the best one. But I just love the 10 I mentioned more than Cape Fear.

@babycakessr.8704 4 года назад

WickedLiquid fair enough my man. Last Exit to Springfield is definitely my number 1 as well. Full of classic lines

@BrokeredHeart 5 лет назад

My favourites are, "The Joy of Sect" with the Movementarians, "Homerpalooza" because those were the bands my older cousins were into, so I wanted to sound "mature" to them, and the Hallowe'en special "Treehouse of Horror V" that had the Shinning episode, the time travel toaster, and the cannibal school cafeteria. But I think the most sentimental episode for me was "Summer of 4'2" where the Simpsons go on summer vacation to Flanders' beach house, and Lisa tries to become one of the cool kids. Being a dorky 8 year old at the time, I really identified with that episode, especially since we had just moved to a new city and I had no friends. So to see her try to reject her old self and try to fit in was really personal to me. And of course I loved the parting gift they left her at the end. "SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP! MY CAR!"

@thelionsmane3032 5 лет назад

1. Homie the Clown 2. Homer at the Bat 3. Homer Goes to College I guess I have a type

@mariomanno1 5 лет назад

Homie the Clown and Homer at the bat are 2 of my favourites, my all time favourite is probably Flamin' Moe or You Only Move Twice possibly. I don't have much reason for why but I just love them.

@patrickslusher844 5 лет назад

I always nominate the one where Homer and Burns flee to Cuba. "A trillion dollar bill? That must be worth a fortune"

@cameronmessel3136 5 лет назад

My favorite episode is “The Springfield Files” from Season 8 because of its Parody of the X Files, Pop Culture references, Humor, and Gags

@micknolen Год назад

Crepes of Wrath. Gonna have to agree with the comment about personal connection. I remember that Sunday night in the breakroom with 200+ of us watching. I still tear up when Bart starts speaking french.

@shawnlaizure 5 лет назад

Mr. Plow. Lousy Smarch weather.

@salvatornado 5 лет назад

I ready every comment to date and while a lot of people had great suggestions I'm baffled that Homer the vigilante was not mentioned by anyone

@rawkustime 5 лет назад

So I said to him. Look buddy, your car was upside down when we got here. And as for your Grandma, she shouldn't have mouthed-off like that! The greatest lines in Simpsons history!

@tetepeb 5 лет назад

My favourite is "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" it ticks all the boxes for me.

@CrepeSuzetteDance 4 года назад

First favorite that comes to mind: Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish". The montage of Burnsy trying to assassinate Abe is GOLD.

@superwebcomics7649 5 лет назад

My personal favorites You Only Move Twice, Homer Badman and Marge vs the Monorail, but really the golden age is pound for pound some of the funniest TV of all time.

@markpriss 5 лет назад

There are sooo many episodes I love to be honest. And it really is impossible to choose just 1 episode and say that it is universally the best! But i am surprised at the lack of attention for earlier episodes such as Simpson and Delilah, One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish, "Dead putting society" is an absolute classic... First "Treehouse of Horror" is gold, "Some Enchanted Evening", and "Krusty Gets Busted" "The Telltale Head" are great! It seems that a lot of my favourite episodes are between seasons 1-3... but it looks like not that many people share my point of view.

@fauxbravo 4 года назад

It's probably not my favorite episode, but two of my absolute favorite scenes are in Lisa's Rival. The sugar pile scene and the anagram game crack me up every time. Jeremy's... iron.

@stormy2773 4 года назад

This show will always have a special place in my heart no matter how worse it gets I will watch it. I’ve never had a greater tradition than visiting my dad every week and every time at 6pm getting to watch the simpsons and this has been ongoing for me for over a decade.

@tomdewanaga5989 4 года назад

The substitute. Taught me a lot about self-worth

@seancosgrove1 5 лет назад

Great episode: Lisa On Ice "Me fail English, that's unpossible!" "I'm gonna start going like this......"

@johnr2630 5 лет назад

You forgot to mention that Johnny cash is in the “chili cookoff” episode. That ones always been one of my favorites or when homer jumps the gorge

@TheDJMysterE 5 лет назад

It has that funny gag where homer answers the personal ad for the GBM

@claudiorobelo892 3 года назад

As a 30-year-old Simpsons fan, who was raised with the best episodes, I love this video. But as a Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences professor, the methodology section at the beginning is gold, and will surely use this in my lectures. Thank you for such a profound view of something many overview

@superhyperyoshi 5 лет назад

I think my favorite epsisode might actually be "Burns' Heir". It has such amazing lines and to me, one of the most heartwarming endings of the show. I might be the only one who thinks this way.

@ImSoOld2007 5 лет назад

AkshayNam Homer Simpson doesn’t say “b’oh” he says.......”d’oh”

@pukeyourguts 5 лет назад

FOOTBALL IN THE GROIN (but really rag on a stick)

@lukeyvee 4 года назад

My personal top 5: Cape Feare, Homer the Great, You only Move Twice, Homer’s Enemy, Burns van Kreikwick

@Etcher 3 года назад

"Nice PJs Simpson, did your mommy buy them for ya?". "Of course she did... Who else would?" "You've won this round, Simpson."

@elestireninsanylmaz9581 5 лет назад

Very difficult choice. If we exclude the "Treehouse" sections from the list. Because the best Simpsons episodes were always "Treehouse" episodes. :) So in short cut in my opinion the best episode is: s7e21 "22 Short Films About Springfield". Top 10: 1- s7e21 "22 Short Films About Springfield". 2- s8e10 "The Sipringfield Files" 3- s13e22 " Papa's Got a Brand New Badge" 4- s5e2 "Cape Fear" 5- s6e14 "Homer the Great" 6- s12e9 "HOMR" 7- s15e2 "My Mother the Carjacker" 8- s3e17 9- s2e21 10- s18e1

@flaneur5560 5 лет назад

well there you go - i don't like the Treehouse of Horror episodes at all

@elestireninsanylmaz9581 4 года назад

TintoBrassic wa wa what!!???

@flaneur5560 4 года назад

@@elestireninsanylmaz9581 Halloween has not historically been such a big thing in the UK as it is in the States, where it seems to last a whole month. We have Bonfire/Guy Fawkes Night on November the 5th (and Mischief Night on the 4th). And to my mind, the treehouse horror ones lacked the subtlety of the minor jokes littered throughout the ordinary episodes.

@elestireninsanylmaz9581 4 года назад

TintoBrassic it's not about halloween or where you live. I'm Turkish and I live in Istanbul Türkiye :) It's about great jokes, great parody jokes. Halloween episodes have always pure comedy just comedy...

@ad8547 5 лет назад

I always loved 'Homer at the Bat' even though i can't stand baseball and had no frame of reference for the cameos of the players. Think it was the song at the end that did it! 'Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw'

@Motofiend 5 лет назад

Strawberry being a suck up gets me every time

@michelleesposito8694 4 года назад

Lisa's Wedding! Probably the first Simpsons episode I watched in its entirety. As a little girl, all my favorite episodes centered around Lisa (Lisa's Substitute is another great one). Lisa's Wedding in particular really wonderfully features the dynamic between Lisa and Homer; their attempts to honor and understand one another, and the things they'll do to preserve their relationship. Full Fat Videos makes a great video essay on this topic.

@kevinlara3031 9 месяцев назад

That's not my favorite but I'm it's in my top 5 what a great episode real dynamic

@val4128 5 лет назад

Great video, it's amazing how a animated show has made part of peoples lives with dark humor, feelings and stories. Also thank you for the soundtrack, I remembered songs that I used to hear all the time lol

@hermantaffy4580 5 лет назад

Last Exit & Marge vs Monorail are undoubtedly in my top 5. Burns & the Bees is unsung. Don't remember the title, but the episode where Homer does meal on Wheels and the Green Mile parody, the guy with the braces is up there. Cape Fear, Homer goes to college, Simpsorama, 30 for 30 episode, Sprinfield xFiles.. I could go on. Too much awesome.

@mrmr5580 5 лет назад

Last exit to Springfield for me, so brilliant

@Jim-so3zm 3 года назад

Last Exit to Springfield. Without a doubt. It's funny, it's heartwarming, it's emotional, it's quotable, it has a strong plot, it has some great parodies... all the elements needed for a perfect episode are in here.

@pwareham61 Год назад

Dental Plan

@rickycollins4550 5 лет назад

My favourites: Cape Feare, Last Exit to Springfield, Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo, Homer and Apu, and Bart After Dark

@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf 5 лет назад

I don’t know why but I never really like the episodes where the Simpsons go aboard. The Japan one, Australia, Brazil, the UK, etc all felt like lesser episodes to me. The New York one wasn’t so bad, but I think it’s how they parodied how antisocial NY is and had the world trade centre and a few memorable homer-focused scenes that made me like that one. But even then the episode You Only Live Twice I didn’t like as much as everyone else because it’s outside of Springfield. Maybe I just don’t like the episodes where they travel. But yeah I respect your other choices. Cape Feare is a classic for sure

@jamescolgan7615 5 лет назад

The correct answer is "Homer The Clown."

@henejaasalo8086 5 лет назад

You only move twice is my all time favourite. Hank scorpio is the best side character the show has had

@CominUpMillhouse 4 года назад

That's not how you spell 'Johnny Tightlips'.

@jk7738 5 лет назад

I got back into the old Simpson episodes about two years ago and I fell in love with Last Exit to Springfield, genuinely a hilarious and powerful episode, including that great protest song by Lisa. I think my next two favorites were when Homer meets his mother as I loved the 60's references and the outro was very powerful too, and then You Only Move Twice as Hank Scorpio is a legend.

@luciandust2355 4 года назад

i really like bart’s comet because it’s always stuck out to me how much it managed to capture the feeling of being in a different world when you’re awake at midnight

@kaoko111 5 лет назад

Before watching the video i has this debate a few times with my friends and we narrow the episodes to top 5. Without order this is our list. Homer Badman (my personal favorite), Itchy &Scratchy Land, Homer Goes To College, The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular and Cape Feare. Just our favorites.